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Vulnerability details: VCID-w9t3-wfjs-b7g6
Vulnerability ID VCID-w9t3-wfjs-b7g6
Aliases BIT-airflow-2025-54831
CVE-2025-54831
GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp
PYSEC-2025-85
Summary Apache Airflow 3 introduced a change to the handling of sensitive information in Connections. The intent was to restrict access to sensitive connection fields to Connection Editing Users, effectively applying a "write-only" model for sensitive values. In Airflow 3.0.3, this model was unintentionally violated: sensitive connection information could be viewed by users with READ permissions through both the API and the UI. This behavior also bypassed the `AIRFLOW__CORE__HIDE_SENSITIVE_VAR_CONN_FIELDS` configuration option. This issue does not affect Airflow 2.x, where exposing sensitive information to connection editors was the intended and documented behavior. Users of Airflow 3.0.3 are advised to upgrade Airflow to >=3.0.4.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-213 Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00077 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-54831
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp
cvssv4 6.6 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
cvssv4 6.6 https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
cvssv4 6.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54831
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54831
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4
cvssv4 6.6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-54831
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4
CVE-2025-54831 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54831
GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-09-26T19:54:45Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54831
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.23052
EPSS Score 0.00077
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:36:40.623751+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2025-85.yaml 38.6.0